Energy Pathways
- Created by: Hayley Petts
- Created on: 27-02-14 21:35
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- Energy Pathways
- What are energy pathways?
- the routes along which energy sources move from producer to consumer
- sea routes of tankers carrying oil and gas
- pipelines
- electricity power lines
- oil
- Middle East exports around 15,000 barrels per day
- mainly to Japan, Europe and China
- Europe exports just 408 barrels to north America
- Russia supplies majority to Europe, but some to China
- Middle East exports around 15,000 barrels per day
- Gas
- pathways tend to be localised and regional
- traditionally transported through pipelines
- changing to shipping gas in tankers as liquefied gas
- political reasons
- changing to shipping gas in tankers as liquefied gas
- trans-Siberian pipeline
- main conveyor of Russian natural gas
- operated by Gazprom
- main conveyor of Russian natural gas
- Coal
- pathways as far apart as Australia and Poland
- less coal is moved than oil and gas
- prospects of greater movement of coal
- less threatened by geopolitics
- the routes along which energy sources move from producer to consumer
- factors affecting risk of disruption
- geopolitical tensions between countries
- Ukraine and Russia
- War
- Gulf War
- Iraq War
- destruction
of oil wells during Iraq war
- consumed 6 million barrels of oil a day for 8 months
- destruction
of oil wells during Iraq war
- Strikes by energy workers
- damaged infrastructure- natural disasters
- Hurricane Katrina
- affected oil production and refining in Gulf of Mexico
- oil prices increased
- Hurricane Katrina
- disintegration of infrastructure
- pipelines
- Terrorism
- geopolitical tensions between countries
- What are energy pathways?
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